Everyone was wondering what the Sabres had in store for Milan Lucic and the answer was an early fight with Paul Gaustad, which Lucic won handily. How that bout did anything to avenge the injury to Ryan Miller, I don’t know. But if the Sabres and their fans think they’re tougher now, good for them.

Zdeno Chara scored the game-tying goal and also won a fight. Tim Thomas outdueled Jhonas Enroth with 31 saves in regulation and overtime, and a perfect shootout.

The Bruins put the 10-game streak on the line Friday afternoon against Detroit in the Thanksgiving Showdown (credit NBC). That’s the next time you’ll hear from me.

The Sabres did man-up. Chara should get his name on the ballot for “Bruin of the Week”. Would have rather seen someone else score, in the shootout, Pouliot is too inconsistent.
Happy Thanksgiving to American Bruin fans!

Agree on Pouliot, the good and the bad. RD is dead on. Pouliot helps win one for the Bs last week, and then does it again last night. Just enough to keep him in there… just enough to put himself in prime position to take a few more of those frustrating penalities.

Speaking of which. Some pretty crazy officiating last night, some very bad calls both ways. Enroth looked shaky to me most of the game. I had a feeling that if the refs just calmed down the Bs would get their chances and would make good on them.

Gotta give credit to Gaustad… I get the feeling it won’t take him until the next game to respond when something like this happens again.

Pouliot is like golf. Frustrating, difficult, rage inducing and yet once every few games there is a moment of beauty…and it lulls you into a false sense of “oh this isn’t so bad…” And in Pouliot’s defense the elbowing call last night was jive. Sabre ducked under and BP’s elbow sort of slid up the guys shoulder. Almost looked more like he was trying to catch himself from really taking the guy’s head off.

At least now you know why the Sabers didn’t do anything about Miller’s hit. Lucic is hard to beat up. Chara is impossible to beat up.

Pouliot getting that goal complicates things for you guys. He’s one of those guys that shows flashes that provide just enough to keep him in the lineup. He then stinks for weeks on end and just when you’re ready to pull the plug, the does something like that.

Great win boys ! There is no other team in the league that is as tight as this one. Each and every player in the line up will stick up for each other regardless of what there “rolls” might be. If we can just work on the break out a touch more good night to the competition. Last nights horiffic officiating frankly on both sides of the ledger can really take away from the flow of a game and why we fans watch. Dear Mr. Shanahan and others involved with officiating please review games like this and then tell the officials that we watch to see the players not the imaginary Zebras who blow the whistle if a beer spills in the stands oh yes the Suban dives.